Course - Production Wells - TPG4245
TPG4245 - Production Wells
About
Examination arrangement
Examination arrangement: Written school exam
Grade: Letter grades
| Evaluation | Weighting | Duration | Grade deviation | Examination aids |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written school exam | 100/100 | 4 hours | D |
Course content
The course is teaching a selection of topics in petroleum production engineering and skills needed for the planning, and operation of oil and gas wells and to understand, model and analyze their production performance. Topics typically covered in the course are: flow equilibrium, inflow performance relationship of radial and horizontal wells, inflow control, tubing performance of dry gas and multiphase flow, artificial lift and temperature calculations in wells. The course will focus on developing digital competences and will include some aspects on energy efficiency, emissions to air and sea, and skill transfer for the energy transition.
Learning outcome
Ingress: The students should understand the fundamentals of petroleum production engineering.
Knowledge: At the end of the term, students should understand the fundamentals of petroleum production engineering. Students should be able to describe the main components of the production system. Students should be able to describe the most common well completions, artificial lift methods and configurations of production systems. Students should be able to describe, understand and explain the functionality of the main components of a production system. Students should understand the factors involved in the planning and operation of oil and gas wells. The students should understand the inflow performance of a well, the fundamentals of flow equilibrium calculations and the flow performance of conduits. Students should understand and recognize the decision variables, objectives and constraints involved in well planning.
Skills: At the end of the term, the student should be able to perform production engineering calculations such as flow equilibrium in production systems, estimation of inflow performance relationship and capture the effect of depletion, tubing performance relationship, flow equilibrium calculations with gas-lift and electric submersible pumps. Computational tools typically used during the course are Excel, Excel VBA, Prosper, Pipesim, Hysys and Python.
The students should be able to be self-critical and quality control their results, analyze them and perform sensitivity studies. The students should be able to develop their own computational tools to study simple cases or to use wisely and critically premade routines and simulators.
General competences: The student should be able to learn to solve engineering problems and develop and practice digital engineering skills such as modeling, programming and simulation. The student should be able to develop critical engineering thinking including energetic and environmental aspects. The student should have a good starting point to apply the knowledge obtained to other areas such as pipe transport and wells of CO2 and hydrogen and geothermal wells. The student should be able to practice and develop written engineering communications skills.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures and compulsory exercises.
During the course the students will develop computational workflows and routines (typically using Excel sheets). The students will also use some pre-made utilities (in Excel and Python) and commercial simulators such as Prosper, Pipesim and Hysys.
The course is taught in English.
A reference group will be established to evaluate the course.
Compulsory assignments
- Exercises
Further on evaluation
The examination papers will be given in English only. Students are free to choose Norwegian or English for written assessments. If there is a re-sit examination, the form of assessment may be changed from written to oral examination.
Recommended previous knowledge
Mandatory courses equivalent to the first 3 years of the programme Petroleum Geoscience and Engineering (MTPETR).
Course materials
Given at semester start.
Credit reductions
| Course code | Reduction | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIG4095 | 7.5 |
No
Version: 1
Credits:
7.5 SP
Study level: Second degree level
Term no.: 1
Teaching semester: AUTUMN 2023
Language of instruction: English
Location: Trondheim
- Petroleum Engineering - Production Engineering
- Technological subjects
Department with academic responsibility
Department of Geoscience and Petroleum
Examination
Examination arrangement: Written school exam
- Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
- Autumn ORD Written school exam 100/100 D 2023-12-06 15:00 INSPERA
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Room Building Number of candidates SL415 Sluppenvegen 14 20 - Summer UTS Written school exam 100/100 D INSPERA
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Room Building Number of candidates
- * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"